Civil Rights Movement Emma

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  • Desegregation of public schools

    U.S. Supreme Cout bans segregation in public school.

  • Ruby was born

    Ruby was born in Mississippi, four years later they moved to New Orleans.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Paraks, an African-American woman, is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person. Bus boycott launched in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • Montgomery buses desegregate

    After more than a year of boycotting the Montgomery buses desegregate.

  • Desgregation of public school in South

    Federal cout forced desegration of public school in South.

  • Ruby´s first day at a white school

    Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School for Whites in New Orleans.

  • Challanging Segregation

    Freedom rides from Washington D.C.:Groups of black and white people ride buses thorugh the South to challange segregation.

  • Arrest

    Police arrest Civil Rights Leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other ministers demonstrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers.

  • Call for Civil Rights Act

    President John F. Kennedy calls for Civil Right Act.

  • President John F. Kennedy Shot Dead

    President John F. Kennedy shot dead.

  • Norman Rockwell´s painting is published

    Look magazine publishes Norman Rockwell´s The Problem We All Live With.

  • President Signs

    President Johnson signs the CIvil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Malcolm Murdered

    Black National Leader Malcom X is murdered.

  • Martin Luther Kng Jr. Assassinated

    Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennesse, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities.

  • Story of Ruby Bridges was published

    The Story of Ruby Bridges was published.